Event 25 - $2,000 No Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-15-2007 12:59 UTC-7

Late Arrival

Surinder Sunar, who this reporter has not seen make an appearance yet at this year's WSOP, has just sat down and taken his seat at table 12. Surinder has a new look going on this year, with a bandana under a baseball cap.

Tags: Surinder Sunar

06-15-2007 12:56 UTC-7

Jennifer Tilly Gets a Quick Start

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Jennifer moves in on a flop of {A-Spades}

, and her opponent, after giving it some thought, calls. Jennifer flips over {A-Diamonds}

, and her opponent gives the sour face as he flips over {10-Clubs}

. The turn and river {4-Spades}

blank off, and Jennifer has almost doubled up.

Tags: Jennifer Tilly

06-15-2007 12:49 UTC-7

Laundry List

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Here is a list of the players in today's field. Many of them will not be around for long, if this event plays out as fast as the previous $2,000 and $1,500 NL fields have.

Joe Tehan
Katja Thater
Evelyn Ng
David Plastik
Greg 'FBT' Mueller
Perry Friedman
Erik Seidel
Lee Watkinson
John Racener
Cliff Josephy
Tony Cousineau
Todd Witteles
Brandon 'Happy' Schaefer
Mark Seif
Jennifer Tilly
Barry Greenstein
Steve 'MrSmokey1' Billirakis
Bill Gazes
Tom McEvoy
Eric Froehlich
Erik Friberg
Erick Lindgren
Michael 'Grinder' Mizrachi
Jason Lester
Eric Molina
Jon Friedberg
An Tran
Young Pham
JC Tran
Peter Feldman
Paul McCaffrey

06-15-2007 12:42 UTC-7

Phil Laak Makes a Boo-Boo

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After busting a player early on and building up a nice early stack, Phil Laak gave a good bit back after a little faux pas. With the action folded around Laak called in the small blind and the big blind raised to 725. Laak called and, thinking the big blind was all-in, flipped over his {A-Spades}

.

Thing is, the other player still had 2,000 behind, so Laak took his cards back and they saw a flop of {K-Hearts}

. The other player pushed in his remaining chips and, after doing some calculations, Laak decided to call. The other player showed {A-Diamonds}

, his pair held up, and Laak was left with far fewer chips than he might've had.

Tags: Phil Laak

06-15-2007 12:34 UTC-7

Final Tablers In Today's Field

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Gavin Smith, Jordan Morgan, and Bryan Devonshire are playing today, and each has already logged an appearance at a final table this year. Of course Humberto Brenes is in today's field as well, and he's made three final tables so far.

Tags: Bryan Devonshire Gavin Smith Humberto Brenes Jordan Morgan

06-15-2007 12:32 UTC-7

T.J. Cloutier Enjoying Himself at His Table

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T.J. Cloutier seems to be enjoying himself at his table. There are smiles all around and he's telling poker stories. I'm sure everyone at his table will be happy to go home and share this moment in time with family and friends.

Tags: T.J. Cloutier

06-15-2007 12:32 UTC-7

Early Candidate for Toughest Table Draw

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Upon a quick glance around the room, we nominate the table that has Men 'The Master', David Plastik, Eric 'EFro' Froehlich, and Greg 'FBT' Mueller as the toughest draw so far.

Tags: David Plastik Eric 'EFro' Froehlich Greg 'FBT' Mueller Men 'The Master'

06-15-2007 12:29 UTC-7

Must Be a Friday

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Or a Saturday, because the field is huge. We have almost 80 tables out in the Poker Pavilion, and maybe more than that in here. Tables are ten-handed, so we could easily get north of 1,500 participants.

06-15-2007 12:25 UTC-7